Fwd: RC: Re: FEI/AERC Rules

["hope lundquist" <wwho20@hotmail.com>]

Hi Barbara: I went to your FEI/AERC ride back in the 80s. At one VET check I 
was in the AERC VET line waiting for my horse check. Someone from ride 
management asked me to go over to the FEI Vet to have my Horse checked. I 
did not want to do this but I did.  Why do AERC riders have to be subjected 
to this kind of treatment? This year you say the rides are separate, does 
that mean separate Vets for each ride? By Hope
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>From: BMcCrary27@aol.com
>To: lanconn@tds.net
>CC: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:   Re: FEI/AERC Rules
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:49:50 EDT
>
>In a message dated 5/9/01 8:44:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, lanconn@tds.net
>writes:
>
>
> > If FEI and AERC need each other, why don't
> > the two organizations get together and come up with ONE set of rules we
> > can all live with? There are GOOD things in FEI rules that probably
> > should be in AERC rules. Perhaps AERC could convince FEI to drop or
> > modify some of the controversial stuff in their rules or waive them when
> > they are not applicable to a particular ride here, stating specifically
> > which FEI rules are waived in the entry form for that ride. Actually, I
> > see no reason why a Ride Manager, under AERC rules, could not run the
> > ride under FEI rules on their own, since FEI rules meet or exceed AERC
> > rules. (Same thing as the RM requiring helmets)
> >
>
>FEI has adopted many of AERC's rules over the years. Its rules were, at one
>time, much more restrictive than AERC's, so this is a good thing for us in
>the USA.  Europe is more rigidly structured in many ways than we are, due 
>in
>great measure, to it's history (a long story, based on our observations
>during our trip to Switzerland, and our first contact with FEI rules, in
>1985).  The parts of the FEI rules that many AERC members are rebelling
>against, at least in theory, are the more rigidly structured ones.  And 
>also,
>we in the USA pretty much originated endurance as it operates today (there
>were endurance marches and stuff in the European military, 19th century and
>perhaps earlier).  AERC members don't want to lose our individuality, and 
>we
>don't want some of the politics that go along with the international 
>control
>of endurance (FEI).  As much as I personally believe in helmets, I know 
>that
>many members don't want helmets to become mandatory.  I don't agree with
>their choice, but I respect their right to decide for themselves.  Same 
>with
>hooded stirrups or 1" heels on footwear, even though this is protection for
>the rider.  Most of us feel that our safety should be OUR decision, not the
>decision of some government agency or international organization. When we 
>run
>our 75/100 mile ride on July 7th, there will be two separate governing
>bodies, while the riders compete on the same trail at the same time, and
>those riders will be identified as such.
>
>Barbara

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